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- Frontmatter
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION TO THIS VOLUME
- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
- Modern Painters, Vol. IV. (CONTAINING THE TEXT OF ALL THE EDITIONS)
- PREFACE
- PART V “OF MOUNTAIN BEAUTY”
- CHAP. I OF THE TURNERIAN PICTURESQUE
- CHAP. II OF TURNERIAN TOPOGRAPHY
- CHAP. III OF TURNERIAN LIGHT
- CHAP. IV OF TURNERIAN MYSTERY:—FIRST, AS ESSENTIAL
- CHAP. V OF TURNERIAN MYSTERY:—SECONDLY, WILFUL
- CHAP. VI THE FIRMAMENT
- CHAP. VII THE DRY LAND
- CHAP. VIII OF THE MATERIALS OF MOUNTAINS:—FIRST, COMPACT CRYSTALLINES
- CHAP. IX OF THE MATERIALS OF MOUNTAINS:—SECONDLY, SLATY CRYSTALLINES
- CHAP. X OF THE MATERIALS OF MOUNTAINS:—THIRDLY, SLATY COHERENTS
- CHAP. XI OF THE MATERIALS OF MOUNTAINS:—FOURTHLY, COMPACT COHERENTS
- CHAP. XII OF THE SCULPTURE OF MOUNTAINS:—FIRST, THE LATERAL RANGES
- CHAP. XIII OF THE SCULPTURE OF MOUNTAINS:—SECONDLY, THE CENTRAL PEAKS
- CHAP. XIV RESULTING FORMS:—FIRST, AIGUILLES
- CHAP. XV RESULTING FORMS:—SECONDLY, CRESTS
- CHAP. XVI RESULTING FORMS:—THIRDLY, PRECIPICES
- CHAP. XVII RESULTING FORMS:—FOURTHLY, BANKS
- CHAP. XVIII RESULTING FORMS:—FIFTHLY, STONES
- CHAP. XIX THE MOUNTAIN GLOOM
- CHAP. XX THE MOUNTAIN GLORY
- APPENDIX
- Plate section
CHAP. XIX - THE MOUNTAIN GLOOM
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 September 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION TO THIS VOLUME
- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
- Modern Painters, Vol. IV. (CONTAINING THE TEXT OF ALL THE EDITIONS)
- PREFACE
- PART V “OF MOUNTAIN BEAUTY”
- CHAP. I OF THE TURNERIAN PICTURESQUE
- CHAP. II OF TURNERIAN TOPOGRAPHY
- CHAP. III OF TURNERIAN LIGHT
- CHAP. IV OF TURNERIAN MYSTERY:—FIRST, AS ESSENTIAL
- CHAP. V OF TURNERIAN MYSTERY:—SECONDLY, WILFUL
- CHAP. VI THE FIRMAMENT
- CHAP. VII THE DRY LAND
- CHAP. VIII OF THE MATERIALS OF MOUNTAINS:—FIRST, COMPACT CRYSTALLINES
- CHAP. IX OF THE MATERIALS OF MOUNTAINS:—SECONDLY, SLATY CRYSTALLINES
- CHAP. X OF THE MATERIALS OF MOUNTAINS:—THIRDLY, SLATY COHERENTS
- CHAP. XI OF THE MATERIALS OF MOUNTAINS:—FOURTHLY, COMPACT COHERENTS
- CHAP. XII OF THE SCULPTURE OF MOUNTAINS:—FIRST, THE LATERAL RANGES
- CHAP. XIII OF THE SCULPTURE OF MOUNTAINS:—SECONDLY, THE CENTRAL PEAKS
- CHAP. XIV RESULTING FORMS:—FIRST, AIGUILLES
- CHAP. XV RESULTING FORMS:—SECONDLY, CRESTS
- CHAP. XVI RESULTING FORMS:—THIRDLY, PRECIPICES
- CHAP. XVII RESULTING FORMS:—FOURTHLY, BANKS
- CHAP. XVIII RESULTING FORMS:—FIFTHLY, STONES
- CHAP. XIX THE MOUNTAIN GLOOM
- CHAP. XX THE MOUNTAIN GLORY
- APPENDIX
- Plate section
Summary
§ 1. We have now cursorily glanced over those conditions of mountain structure which appear constant in duration, and universal in extent; and we have found them, invariably, calculated for the delight, the advantage, or the teaching of men; prepared, it seems, so as to contain, alike in fortitude or feebleness, in kindliness or in terror, some beneficence of gift, or profoundness of counsel. We have found that where at first all seemed disturbed and accidental, the most tender laws were appointed to produce forms of perpetual beauty; and that where to the careless or cold observer all seemed severe or purposeless, the well-being of man has been chiefly consulted, and his rightly directed powers, and sincerely awakened intelligence, may find wealth in every falling rock, and wisdom in every talking wave.
It remains for us to consider what actual effect upon the human race has been produced by the generosity, or the instruction of the hills; how far, in past ages, they have been thanked, or listened to; how far, in coming ages, it may be well for us to accept them for tutors, or seek them for friends.
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- The Works of John Ruskin , pp. 385 - 417Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1904